issues. >> the difference between romney and obama is that romney says the wrong thing and obama says the right things -- they are not worried about d.c. statehood and autonomy. he does not do anything. >> 617,000 residents, and the district only offers three electoral votes, giving romney and obama little motivation to purchase it. they expect jill stein and gary johnson to be there. >> more about politics -- tim kane and george allen are said to square off in a debate in northern virginia today. the debate starts at noon. it is prepared -- presented by the fairfax chamber. they call the race one of the most competitive in the country. stick with abc 744 coverage of the debate in our later newscast. >> business news -- chase users are experiencing outages. >> and the result of a census shows the economy may be in recovery mode. linda bell with the good news today. >> hello. the news you want to hear -- the big presidential debate between mitt romney and president barack obama is coming on october 3. the focus will be on the economy. recent data says that the economic outlook is impro